The document outlines the objectives and structure of a virtual knowledge center called Competento aimed at promoting entrepreneurship in Flanders. The key points are: 1) Competento aims to develop entrepreneurial skills and competencies by gathering, disseminating, and supporting policy around entrepreneurial education and training. 2) It targets groups involved in education and training like teachers, educators, and business representatives to provide them easy access to entrepreneurial learning resources. 3) The knowledge center will have sections on news, a database of entrepreneurial learning materials categorized by topic and audience, a search engine, and information on events.

1. Hub for entrepreneurial building “ Virtual Knowledge centre” [email_address]

2. Content Reason for existence Objectives and development Target groups Content delivery Milestones Structure

3. Reason for existence Low degree of entrepreneurship (historical) Flemish coalition agreement 2004-2009: “ More entrepreneurship, more employment” & the plan to create more jobs ➚ promotion ~ ➚ starting new entreprises Change in mentality: °young age. Ideal intermediaries?  education- and trainingsuppliers

4. Objectives Developement of a virtual Knowledge Centre concerning education- and training with regard to entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial competences Stimulating entrepreneurial competences and entrepreneurial building Confirmed by granting project subsidation (Ministerial decree) European Social Fund-subsidation D3Z3: stimulating entrepreneurship

5. Development Method: gathering information valorisation and efficient dissemination of information support and monitoring of policy facilitating (inter)actions at all levels Easy recognition: www.competento.be _ (Baseline: Knowledge centre for the building of entrepreneurial competences)

6. Primary target groups = intermediairy level Target groups education & training responsibles pedagogical supervisors educators teachers from education- and training suppliers coaches in specific courses business representatives (intrapreneurship, …)

7. Added value for users At ‘intermediary level’: easy up-to-date on ‘entrepreneurial learning’ topics ready-made educational methods extra training and networking instruments and contests, … For several target groups specific refferal pages For individuals supporting materials for entrepreneurial building Promotion of initiatives social and sustainable entrepreneurship events and articles, …  MORE and BETTER entrepreneurship in Flanders

8. Content delivery target groups

9. Milestones Adding content (e.g. special target groups) continuous 22 june 2006 14 june 2006 User tests 8 june 2006 Distribution promotional article since june Presentation 1st blueprint 16 may 2006

10. Milestones Co-launch with actionplan ‘Enterprising Education’ 22 november optimalisation sept - nov cabinet presentation 13 september debugging & adding content september fine-tuning july - august desktop research contacts with key-players continuous

11. Structure Knowledge centre Intro page & search function news databank ‘entrepreneurial learning’ meta-search engine events links F.A.Q. newsletter

12. Intro page

13. Competento-redirect Refferal pages Internal (within Competento) in the picture (own blog-posts and RSS feed) Stimulating entrepreneurial competences during schooling/training/lectures for pupils, students, trainees, apprentices, … External (outside Competento using referral pages) follow entrepreneurial training (why, how, where, ..) start your own business social and sustainable entrepreneurship

14. News semi-automatic newsdelivery to website via RSS - feeds with ( + ) and ( - ) filters (366 out of 50.372 items) categorised (theme & time)

15. Database content In general desktop research contributions from all levels addition by users (back-office validation) evaluation by users (rating)

16. Database structure Categories Documents on policy and research reports Contacts and interchange education  business Models, Methods ( + ) and Course materials ( + ) Networks concerning ‘Entrpreneurial Learning’ Training for trainers, teachers and educators Screening instruments for entrepreneurial competences Contests Specific courses

17. Database structure Target groups foreign speakers and the elsewhere educated women short-schooled job-seekers elderly people youngsters non specific

18. Databank structure Levels of education kindergarten – infant school primary education 1 st grade secundary education 2 nd grade secundary education 3 th grade secundary education apprenticeship higher training & education adult education other courses non specific

19. Meta-search engine Interactive meta-search in databanks serial search with indication # results future: simultaneous search Other databanks

20. Events List and archive Form for completion (validated in back-office)

21. Other modules Links Click through - index F.A.Q. Frequently asked questions Newsletter Opt-in; opt-out Two monthly, starting end of november Extended statistics  website optimalisation